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Strubell, Miquel – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1998
Argues that in Europe over several centuries, the relationship between democracy and language policy in multilingual countries has been complex, noting that Catalan has thrived in democratic periods where devolution has advanced, and the causes of most problems facing Catalan are nonlinguistic. The paper examines language and democracy, language…
Descriptors: Democracy, Demography, Dialects, Foreign Countries

Wei, Li – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1997
Response to an article on multiculturalism and the status of community languages in Australia, focusing on issues of language maintenance and shift emerging from the article and adding examples from other countries. Questions addressed include who is responsible for maintaining community languages, which are maintained, how this is done, and why,…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes

Joseph, John E. – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1997
A response to an article on multiculturalism and the status of community languages in Australia makes a distinction between multilingualism and multiculturalism, and in public policy, between respecting and embracing diverse cultures. Multiculturalism and public attitudes about freedom of speech are also examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Freedom of Speech

May, Stephen – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1997
Response to an article on multiculturalism and status of community languages in Australia finds three areas in which the author's optimism appears not to be justified: argument that placing economic value on languages automatically works in favor of linguistic minorities; assumption that minority languages all have similar economic value; and…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Economics, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries

Ager, Dennis – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1997
A response to an article on multiculturalism and the status of community languages in Australia focuses on the issue of "backlash" against public policy for immigrants, and discusses the link between language planning and social planning. The role of elites and "counterelites," interest and pressure groups, in the successful…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Immigrants

Kelly-Homes, Helen – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1997
A response to an article on multiculturalism and the status of community languages in Australia argues that efforts to maintain any minority language within immigrant communities should be tempered by critical assessment of what is to be achieved, for whom, and why. The original article's author responds. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes

Smith, Dennis – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1997
A response to an article on multiculturalism and the status of community languages in Australia focuses on three aspects of the article: (1) proposed links between global capitalism, nation-state development, migration, and language policy; (2) the meaning ascribed to "cultural democracy;" and (3) implications of language policy issues…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Democratic Values, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries

Stuart-Smith, Jane – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1997
Response to an article on community languages in Australia supports the argument that community language speakers do not have an advantage over non-speakers in the community language classroom, but can be disadvantaged by differences between the language taught in the classroom and that spoken in homes. Examples are drawn from Punjabi instruction…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes

Saravanan, Vanithamani – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1997
A response to an article on multiculturalism and the status of community languages in Australia looks at the situation in Singapore, in which the government created policy supporting development of selected languages, and examines the positive economic consequences of the policy. Effects on educational and manpower policy are also considered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, Cultural Pluralism, Economics